Tuesday, June 11, 2013

You’d be crazy to pass up a chance to secure hundreds of millions of federal dollars to restore the Everglades? But that’s just what South
Florida water managers could end up doing if they don’t vote for a landmark federal
restoration plan by next month.

After more than a half-century of carving up the central
Everglades, the Feds have a ready-to-go plan to dismantle much of the
infrastructure that has caused so much damage. The infamous Miami Canal and lamentable
L-67 levees that have blocked the flow of water through the Everglades for
decades will be breached so water can flow south underneath a planned 2.6 mile
bridge over Tamiami Trail.

2)Copy and Paste this into the subject line: Don't pass up this opportunity to save the Everglades!

3)Copy and paste this text :

Dear SFWMD Governing Board member:

We urgently ask you to release the Central Everglades
Planning Project (CEPP) Project Implementation Report (PIR) for public review
this month and vote to become the local sponsor at your July meeting. This is a unique opportunity that must not be
missed. The survival of the Everglades is in your hands.

Sincerely,

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B) Speak out at the South Florida Water Management District's next meeting on June 13 in Key Biscayne!

What: Fill out a comment card. Ask the SFWMD Governing Board
to officially approve the Central Everglades project by voting to be the “local sponsor”
at their next meeting. Failing to do so could
push back restoration plans by almost a decade, eliminate the opportunity for hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding and permanently imperil the Everglades.